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VOLUME XIV PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY
Lieut. Demarest
' V
Among Bombers
Os Nazi Airdrome
Young Navigator, Participant In
Raid Battles, Draws Plans For House
Describes Crash Os
Plane, But Ends With
Quotation From Poem
By»Walter Scott.
For the second time within a
week a newspaper clipping con
taining a picture of Roxboro’s
ice cream making Sergeant—
Harvey P. Long published, in
an English edition of the “Stars
and Stripes”, official Army pa
per, has arrived in Roxboro.
First recipient was Sgt. Long’s
mother, Mrts. J. Martin Long,
who lives on the family farm
near here. Second was Mrs. John
Demarest, Jr., the former Miss
Eloise Newell, of this City,
whose husband,' a lieutenant in
the Air Cirps, 'originialljy from
Valley Stream, Long Island, and
now navigator with a bomb
squadron in England, adds this
note on the margin, “Know the
boy? Any relation to the one I
met?”
And that is about as good a
way as any to get an introduc
tion to a chapter in Demarest’s
story, a story rather definitely
not concerned with ice cream.
For weeks and weeks Mrs. Dem
arest had not heard from her
husband. Then she got this let
(turn to page four, please)
Slaughter Back In
Old Form For Game
Benefit War Bond Game In Which
Roxboro Man Plays, Pays Well
Old Time Greats As Well
As Some Os Younger
Ones Have A Hand In
Game.
\
Remember Enos Slaughter?
Who doesn’t. Well, right now he
is with your Uncle Sam in the
army and is stationed at San
Antonio, Way Down in Texas. In
a recent letter to his brother,
Haywood, of this cohnty he stated
that he was playing ball four
nights a week. This past week he
was in New York for an all star
War Bond benefit game and
flew all the way to New York
just for the game. /
At the present time he is hit
ting 500. He has 109 hits for 213
times at the plate. During the
present season he has gathered
25 doubles, 15 triples and 7 home
runs. Also on the plus side he
has 22 stolen basep.
Enos likes the army fine. He
is now a corporal and would like
to come home this summer but
he stated that he did not expect
to get down this way soon.
Below 1 i|s a short account of
the New York game that Enos
participated in Thursday.
New York, Aug. 26.—There
was laughter and tears and treas
ured memories in the historic
Polo Grounds today as more than
35,000 spectators turned out for
an unforgetaible baseball and
vaudeville ehow that raised SBOO,-
000,000 in war bonds.
For the occasion seven of the
12 living members of baseball’s
hall of fame were present in uni
form and took part in a tableaux
in which Walter Johnson pitch
ed again to Babe Ruth and the
fat old Bambiho lifted a home
ruii into the upper deck of the
rightfield stands.
With Ruth at bat. George Sis
ler was at fiipt base, Eddie Col
lins at second, bow-legged Honus
Wagner at short, Tris Speaker in
centerfield, and Connie Mack
waving a scorecard. Their ranks
were filled out by other famous
players of a by-gone era—Roger
Bresnahan catching Frankie
Frisch at third base, Duffy Lew
is in leftfield, and Jack Murray
in right.
The price for a box seat was a
$1,000,000 war bond, for reserv
ed seats a SI,OOO bond and for
unreserved seats a $25 bond.
Although aided by Oaptain
Hank Greenberg, Lt. John Bleaz
ley, Lt. Birdie Tebbetts, Cpl. Sid
Hudson, and Pvt. Encu Slaught
er, the Neiw Cumberland team
Was no match for the major
featfucrs and was beaten, 5-2.
Person County Times
RICHARDSON SAYS
ALL DARIES OF
“A” GRADE TYPE
Report For Period End
ing August 25th Releas
ed.
Three Person County and Rox
boro dairy and milk dealing es
tablishments, Elko Dairy, man
aged by Mrs. E. B. Foushee,
Richland dairy, operated by V.
O. Blalock, and City Milk and
Ice company, run by Floyd L.
Peaden, have all received grade
“A” lor the’ period ending Aug.
25, according to Dr. W. P. Rich
ardson, of Chapel Hill, district
health officer.
Peaden’s plant now has a
storage and work room which
provides adequate facilities for
local handling of milk bottles.
Peaden’s milk comes from Quail
Roost Farms, Durham County.
All eating establishments such
as cases and hotels use only
grade “A” milk, or face the pros -
pect of losing 5 percent on their
sanitary score.
PERSON NEGROES
REPORT TO FORT
BRAGG IN QUOTA
Names Os Men Who Left
Wednesday Listed By
Board.
The following Person Negro
men in August quota reported
Wednesday to Fort Bragg for ex
amination.
Otho Lee Cousin, leaider, and
Preston M. Harris, Jarrtes Ragner,
Paul Johnson, Napoleon McGhee,
O. V. Morton, Love Newman,
Charles Gaston Cates, Robert
Morris, Willie Lee Damsey, Joe
Yellock, Ed Yarboro, Howard
Bass and Aris Newell Winstead.
Also, Charles William Long,
Thomas Stephens, Rufus Smith,
James Pleasant Duncan, Frank
Ellis, Clifton Burton, Henry
Lamberth Bradflher, Lonnie
Bumpass, Otis Cameron, Hume
Webster, Gai'ther Faulkner, Ste
phen T. Thomas.
Also, Robert Owens Russell,
Richard Edward Thaxton, Ken
neth Hatchett, James. Plumer
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bate neuis Bulletins
FIRST RAINFALL TOTALS OVER ONE INCH
First appreciable rainfall in nearly two months here totaled
1.05 inches from Friday morning through • Saturday morning
according to officials of the City of RSxboro water department.
Better part of the downpour occurred late Friday afternoon and
around mid-night. A small fire; originating in the frigidajre
connection in an East Roxboro home, did slight damage be
tween shower? in the late afternoon.
SHERIFF AND PARTY GET TWO MEN AND STILL
Zelolus and Macedonia Green, two Negroes of the Allens
ville section near the Granville line, are in jail here in default
of S2OO bonds, after having been caught late Friday afternoon
at a still near Allensville. The men, about 20, are not related.
Trial will be on September 14.
Four hundred gallons of mash poured out, 1& gallons
of whiskey taken and a 50 gallon capacity still, with copper
worm, destroyed. In the raiding party were Person Sheriff M*
T; Clayton, Deputies Bob Whitt and Baxter Dunn and Police
Officer Gilbert Oakley.
ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1943
Official, Plan
For Rotary’s
Drive Made
Harris And Blanks Head
Teams. Many Visitors
Attend Session.
Roxboro Rotary club is now
divided into two teams for an
attendance contest scheduled to
last for three months. Captains
of teams are W. H. Harris, Sr.,
and J. Y. Blanks and program
fpr Thursday, of which Blanks,
as co-chairman of the attendance
committee, had charge, was
largely devoted to plans for the
campaign, scheduled to begin on
Thursday, September 2.
Presiding was ’W. Wallace
Woods, president, who also lead
in singing. Harris, incidentally,
is chairman of the attendance
commttee and i's one of six mem
bers with a perfect attendance
record, over a period of more
than a year.
Others with such a record are
W. Reade Jones, Dr. J. D. Fitz
gerald, Ray Parrish, George M.
Pox, Jr., and President Woods.
Woods has not missed a meeting
for ten years.
Attendance groupy 'are sub
headed by lieutenants who are
responsible for having five mem
bers assigned to them, present at
weekly meetings. Losing sidi}
buys a $25.00 War Bond for the
Club. An attendance chart has
been placed in meeting place at
Hotel Roxboro.
Reade Jonep and Earl Brad
sher who are in hospitals, were
sent a “Round-Robin” card from
members and guests, with ex
pressions of hope that they will
be back at an early date.
Woods called attention to new
song sheets, recently prepared
for the club, and as a part of the
program the club engaged in
group singing, trying out some
of the new songs on the sheets.
Supplying for the club’s regular
accompanist. Mrs. W. W. Woods,
was Clyde Wade, one of Mis.
Wood’s pupils.
Present at this meeting were
the following guests:
Clyde Wade, guest of the club;
Otha Mooney, a native of Person
County, who has been living in
Oklahoma for the past 40 yearn,
and was guest of Nathan Luns
ford; E. O. Brubaker of Kinston,
son-in-law, and guest of T. Mil
ler White; Errol Morton, guest
of Fred Masten, and Tom Hend
erson, visiting Rotarian, of Yan
ceyville.
Meeting September 2, will be
in charge of Tom Shaw, member
of the Public Information Com
mittee, and the meeting on Sep
tember 9, will be in charge of
Dr. J. H. Hughes, member Boy’s
Work Committee.
Rev. Mr. Womble
Will Speak At
School Opening
The Rev. Rufus J. Womble,
rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal
church, will be guest speaker at
opening exercises of Olive Hill
school Wednesday morning, Sep
tember 1, according to announce
ment by Mrs. R. B. Dawes, prin
cipal. Exercises will begin at 9
o’clock and parents and patrons
are cordially invited to attend.
There will be a call meeting of
the PTA immediately after
wards.
Manager
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Coleman King
Coleman King, of this City,
well-known in business circles
here, will this week assume ac
tive management of the clothing
store of Dolian Long, who leaves
Wednesday to enter the Army
under Selective Service. King, a
native of Roxboro, formerly a
co-partner in Foushee and King
clothing company, has been with
Long’s establishment for several
months.
METTS ISSUES
STATEMENT FOR
FATHER SERVICE
I
Reclassification Required,
j But Does Not Necessarily
Mean Service Call Immedi
ately.
j The following statement on
| drafting and deferment of fathers
' was today issued by General J.
Van Metis, State Director for Se
lective Service, who gave the
statement to the Perron Selective
I Service Board:
i “Recent directives from Na
| tional Headquarters require the
j reclassification of pre-Pearl Har
| bor fathers without regard to
| their eligibility for a IP-A class
jification. Such registrants who
j are. es ental farmers or who are
| employed in war production or
j in support of the war effort are
Jin no danger of reclassification.
I Such registrants whose induction
would result in “extreme hard
ship and privation” to a wife,
parent, or child, may be deferred
for dependency in Class 111-D.
All other registrants now classi
fied in 111-A on Account of their
family status should not be sur
prised if they receive notice that
they have been reclassified in
Class 1-A.
“The fact that a pre-Pearl
Harbor father findls himself in
j Glass 1-A docs not necessarily
mean that he will be inducted
immediately. Registrants are di
vided into four groups and ail
available men from each group
; will be inducted before men are
selected from the next group.
These groups are as follows:
Men with no dependents.
Men with collateral depend
ents, provided such status was
acquired prior to December 8,
1941.
Men who have wives with
whom they maintain bona fide
family relationships in their
home)-’, provided such relation
ship was acquired prior to De
cember 8, 1941.
Men who have children with
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Along The Way
With the Editor
Well, you never can tell what is going to happen next.
Speaking of strange things you will have to put thife one down
as being something for records. Newton Day has a brand new
baby gal. Os course his wife was also in on the arrangement
hut Nqwton is the man who is strutting around the city with his
chest stuck out so far that you can hang your coat on it. He has
(had to buy a new hat about two sizes larger than the old one
and it’s feally hard to get an interview with him. Newton is
just as prould as a peacock and is talking about where he is go
ing to send his girl to college. He has already decided what
type of man that he is going to let her run around with and
what kind of beauty cream she is going to use.
Maybe this recent arrival will put new life into a few of
the fellows who live on the same street. You knorw there you
will find E. B. Craven, M. C: Clayton, Gordon Brown, Bill
Walker, 'arid a few others like Dewey Bradsher.
Then there are a few older fellows Such as Champ Win
stead, Sr. and Sam Merritt.
EXPLICIT RULES
FOR HOLIDAY MAIL
OVERSEAS GIVEN
Post Office Department |
Points Out Rules For
Christmas Packages.
The Christmas shopping sea
son is here even though the
weather is still warm.
! Mailing of gifts for Army and
Navy personnel overseas must
begin by September 15, if many
of the men and women in our
armed services are not to be dis
appointed; and September 15 is
less than a month away.
Christmas gifts may be mailed
by parcel post to Army men and
women overseas only until
October 15. After that
date, such parcels may not be
mailed unless a written request
from the soldier for the article
is presented with each parcel.
No soldier should have to ask
for a Christmas gift; so gifts
j must be mailed, on time. The
Navy also urges that gifts be
j mailed between September 15
; and October 15.
| Reasons for the early mailing
dates are: The vast distances
j that the parcels must travel to
reach our men at war fronts ?nd
stations the world over; frequent
transfers of thousands of men
from one location to another,
which means forwarding of the
mail and consumes additional
jtime; the necessity for givng
preference to reinforcements,
arms, munitions, medicine and
food in allotment of shipping
space, which often means that
the shipments of gifts must wait.
And it is most urgent that gifts
be delivered to the men in time
for Christmas, to keep their
fighting spirit high.
The only w ay to insure against
disappointment for the fg’nting
men is to buy at once and mail
early mail your gifts as soon
las possible ajftcr the September
115 starting date.
j Those who have relatives or
friends in'the service "should re-
I member that we have fighting
| men in Alaska, Greenland, Ice
hand, England, Sicily, far-separa
-1 ted. regions of Africa, the Near
Eastern countries, Australia,
many of the South Pacific is
lands, India, China, South Amer
ica and other areas.
I Weeks are required for a ship
I to reach many of these stations.
There can be no assurance, of
‘ course, that the first ship sailing
for any of these locations will
have space available to carry
' Christmas parcels. Gifts may
have to wait until vitally needed
supplies and equipment have
been shipped, to assure victory
and to save the lives cf our men.
ilf the parcel- are not mailed
'early, that delay may prove to
,be just enough to prevent their
’ arrival by Christmas day, with
| consequent disappointment to
the men who are offering their
lives for their country and ours.
Mail of all kinds is vital to the
spirit of fighting men. Every of
feer who has inspected our
Army and Navy po-tal facilities
overseas has reported that thou
] sands of fighting men disregard
mess call when it conflicts with
I mail call, aifd get their letters
frist. Officers of our large mili
tary and naval stations report
that the spirit and efficiency of
their men Receive a distinct lift
when mail is distributed, and
that a delay in mail service
caused a decided decline in spirit
with a consequent letdown in ef
' (Turn to page -four please)
War Fund Plans
Include Drive In
Mid-Fall Season
Red Cross Plan Will Be Used To Put ;‘
i
Over Service Fund Drive Here J
Boy Scouts, However,
Will Have Own Drive.
War Fund Surplus May
Be Used Here.
According to plans now being
made, the Roxboro and Person
campaign for the United War
Fund which has a National
quota here of $6,959, will get un
derway in October, probably by
the 23, it was revealed at a
meeting of leaders at Person
County Court House Thursday
night.
Presiding was Chairman Gor
don C, H Inter, who said today
that plan of the campaign here
will be on the same syUtem as
that of last year’s highly succes
ful Red- Cross drive and that
names of all contributors will be
published in Roxboro papers.
It was also decided that any
funds, raised here over and above
the National quota may be used
to furnish local support for a
T JSO or Service club program
and it is expected that letters
from Roxboro soldiers testifying
to .worth of en.tertainmrr? for
soldiers and others in military
service will be published. Num
bers of such letters are already
on file.
(turn to page two, please)
Losing Fever Hits
Across 3,000 Miles
Story Comes All Wav From California
i
About Good Luck Os Roxboro Marine
Randolph King Reaches
In Pocket For Ticket
•Money Before He Dis
! covers Loss.
j Randolph King, of Roxboro
and San Diego, Calif., a member
jof the United States Marine
i Corps and a son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. King, of Roxboro, is a
lucky man: a few days aao,
while visiting in upland, Califor
nia, the Marine lost two twenty
dollar bills in a case.
An Upland paper reports it
j this way :
“Pvt. Randolph King is much
I happier now than he was for a
| time late Sunday. The reason?
| Two twenty dollar bills he had
lost had been found and restored
I to him by Mrs, Harold A. Nol
! son, proprietor of Snow Crest,
Camp Baldy.
“Pvt. King came to Upland to
visit his brother and Lieut. Rus-
I sell DeVinne. They went to Show
] Crest and about noon visited the
j lodge lunch counter and pur
chased hamburgers and other
| food. In paying for the lunch,
! King inadvertently dropped the
two twenties which were tightly
folded together. The loss was
not discovered until he went to
pay for his ticket back to Camp
Elliott, San Diego, Sunday even
ing.
“Mrs. Nelson, notified of the
lose, searched the lunchroom and
there —on the floor —beneath one
of the stools was the money,
overlooked for more than eight
hours by scores of persons who
had been served.
The money was taken to Lieut.
DeVinne, by Mrs. Nell-on, and
he telegraphed it to the young
Marine who had been forced to
board his train before it could
be restored. How the bills es
caped the eyes of the scores who
patronized the lunch room is a
mystery”.
The two column head on the
Upland story sayts: ‘‘Hundreds
Overlook Money Lost By Mar
ine; S4O Restored.”
King is a brother of J. V. King,
of the United States Army, who
is also stationed in California.
Randolph, who volunteered for
the Marines, has been in service
about six months.
Lpsiing money, incidentally,
seems to be a habit iwith Rox
boro folks. No less than three
billfolds or pocketbooks, all
with large sums of cash, have
been reported lost here within
the week, but bo far none of the
losers has been as lucky as Pvt.
King. J
Plione 4501
If you have any news items
or for advertising or com
mercial printing service.
NUMBER 92
PERSON FAIR TO •-!
OPEN IN ABOUT j
FIFTEEN DAYS f
j-
Perkins Promises Good [
Program With Plenty Os f
Rides. i
i
The Person County Agricul
j tural Fair, according to R. L.
j (Bob) Perkins, owner-manager,
; will open this year on Monday,
September 13, and will continue
i through Saturday, September 18.
| Regular attractions will be of
fered, with high class’ rides and
amusement features. Shows trig
j year will be staged by t’he Kaus
j Exposition Amusement company,
' operated by A. J. Kaus, of New
bern.
Further details of the Fair
j program will be announced
later, but Perkins, (who for sev
eral years has presented his Fair
j on the grounds just off the Long-
I hurst highway, is expecting • a
big season.
W. D. MERRITT TO :
SPEAK WEDNESDAY
AT BETHE HILL
f■ \ '
R. E. Howard. Principal, ,
Urges Full Cooperation
Os School Patrons.
Bethel Hill school will open
I Wednesday, September 1, at 8:30
\ o’clock, with W. D. Merritt as
guest speaker. Rev. J. F. Fund-
I erburke will conduct the devo.
: tional. The public is cordially in
vited to attend the exercises.
Time schedule for the first
: thirteen days will be from 8:30
: to 1:00. The short hour schedule '
' will give full time for classroom
! instruction, but all play periods
! and lunch period will be short
! ened. It is hoped that this sche
i dale will greatly benefit the
| farmers in harvesting their crops
1 and also aid in school attend
i ance.
j It is very necessary that stu
| dents attend school every day
| possible in order to do the best
j work in school and to hold the
i present state alloted teachers.
| Many schools in North Carolina!
i will lose teachers next year be
' cause of the call of boys and
j girls who have not finished the
eleventh and twelfth grades into
! war work. Therefore it is. very
I urgent that all parents and pat-’
I rons see that the students are in
school every day that the pres
ent state alloted teachers at
Bethel Hill can be retained.
Children who are six years
old on or before October 1
should enroll the first day. They
can not enter later than the sec;
ond week of school.
Ca-Vel /Opening |
To Take Place j
Wednesday f
t
; v
The Ca-Vel school will begirt
the 1943-44 term on Wednesday
morning, Sept. Ist. Opening ex*
ercises will be held at t>Hm» ©»*•
clock with the Rev. G. It
more in charge of devotioaala.
Parents and friends of the
are cordially invited to atteftffe
Pupils are urged to entei
school on the opening date. 4